How can sinful humans approach a holy God? In Hebrews, Jesus Christ is celebrated as the great high priest who represents his people before the Father, and his roles as priest and mediator are central to his identity rather than incidental to it.

Those roles also bring to completion themes woven right through Scripture. In this fifth volume of the Essential Studies in Biblical Theology series, T. Desmond Alexander takes up priesthood and mediation - subjects most readers skip - and shows how the whole canon prepares for them. Short, and written for a non-specialist.